The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 8, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
4:43 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 697
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -1.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.76° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.37° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.